When Reuters reported in April that Tesla had scrapped plans for a long-promised, next-generation $25,000 electric vehicle, the automaker’s stock plunged. Chief Executive Elon Musk rushed to respond on X, his social-media network.

“Reuters is lying,” he posted, without elaborating. Tesla’s stock recovered some of its losses.

Six months later, Musk appears to have backed into an admission that Tesla dropped its plans for a human-driven $25,000 car. He said in an Oct. 23 earnings call that building the affordable EV would be "pointless” unless the car was fully autonomous.

  • @ChowJeeBai
    8•3 hours ago

    Do you need windows? Renault has a couple of small ones, the Twizy and Zoe, in order of size. Dunno if they’re still available. Else in my country they have the BYD dolphin and Smart One Plus.

    • @givesomefucksEnglish
      21•3 hours ago

      Americans aren’t allowed to buy BYD personal vehicles…

        • @Warl0k3
          7•2 hours ago

          We have to take the regulation we can get, okay? Not everyone can have legal systems that “make sense” like you get in them skandinavyvian hellholes. Catch me dead in a country where you can just assume the tap water is potable…

      • Flying Squid
        10•3 hours ago

        Or import European EVs that aren’t pre-approved. No Renault Twizy.